1·From his grade school education in Europe to his time on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry has acquired the international experience needed to restore America "s credibility."
而就克里来说，从他在欧洲受的小学教育，到在参议院对外关系委员会的任职经历，都使他具备了恢复美国信誉所需要的国际经验。
2·It's possible that at least some of those funds will be restored by the Senate, but public hostility toward foreign aid is growing more intense, not less.
有可能参议院会恢复批准这些拨款，至少批准其中一部分，但是公众对外国援助的敌意却并未减少，反而与日俱增。
3·We have gone from 46 percent dependence [on foreign oil] when the Republicans took over the House and Senate in 1995 to 61 percent dependence on imported oil today.
在1995年共和党取得对国会参、众两院控制权时，美国46%的石油依赖进口，而现在这一比例上升到61%。
4·At least the US Senate can be partisan when it comes to sanctioning foreign countries.
至少，在它制裁其它国家时，美国参议院是衷心拥护的。